Martin Johnson Submission Leader UoA 11 Nursing and Midwifery

Background No Nursing Return in people returned to Allied Health (have since left for chairs at other Universities) Salford Centre for Nursing, Midwifery and Collaborative Research, 2002

Investments Inaugural chair (me) 1 promotion to Prof in Child Health (Long), one new chair in mental health care (Warne) 1 promotion to Reader (Haigh, now left) Several research active Lecturer appointments (e.g. Yorke, Franks, Kneafsey) Drew on 5 strong Public Health staff and a couple of health psychologists

The 2008 Return 25 people (inc 1 Cat C) Total £3 Million of income (above sector average) Income per returnee 125k (just below sector average) 300 ‘outputs’, 11 books, 14 PhD completions

The bigger picture Only 35 (of possible 75) departments returned to ‘Nursing’ RAE Small number of others did tactical returns to other UoAs (e.g. Kings) Policy of returning 1* or better here at Salford. Some saw as high risk, hopefully now shown to be right in this case

RAE 2008, UoA 11 Nursing Research GradeWorld Leading 4* Internat. Excellent 3* Internat. Recog. 2* Nat. Recog. 1* Unclass U Percent Of Activity (Volume) 25 returned 10 (2.4) 30 (7.2) 50 (12) 5 (1.2) 5 (1.2) Grade Point Average (GPA) 2.35

Position of Nursing at Salford WTE4*3*2*1*U GPA Architecture and the Built Environment Communication, Cultural and Media Studies Metallurgy and Materials Social Work and Social Policy and Administration Library and Information Management Nursing & Midwifery English Language and Literature Statistics and Operational Research Allied Health Professions and Studies Geography and Environmental Studies Linguistics Business and Management Studies European Studies Music Art and Design Law

Position of Salford Nursing Research Nationwide Only 44% of eligible nursing departments returned to the Rae this time, down from 2001 by 8 14 th of 35 Submissions Nationwide As expected, Manchester top of GPA League table, closely pursued by Southampton, City and York. Salford ahead of Universities who returned in 2001: UWE 3b, Bournemouth 3b, LJMU 3a, Bradford 3b, Kingston 3a, Cardiff 4, Thames Valley 3b, south Bank 3b, etc. etc. Dundee (13 th ) only University which did not return last time which has outperformed Salford

Implications All successful returns nationally depended on ‘teaching’ contracts Departments without have fallen away (Edinburgh, Glasgow, Liverpool) Continued Investment (replace leavers) Increase ratio of experienced research staff Encourage those with potential: Readerships, realistic workload balance, mentorship, 50% research scholarships (performance related)

REF Discipline publishes in wide range of journals Citation activity tends to be low across sector User involvement etc seen to be important Professional judgement probably still a key factor Interested in views on avoiding the game- playing: Return everyone Solves equal opps. selection issues, avoids complaints about ‘proportionality’

Thank You Mike Hession and Matt Boswell Peter Barrett Jonathon Guildford and Louise Winkworth External Reviewers Mike Nolan, Celia Davies and Francine Cheater Internal RAE Planning team Final UoA 11 planning team, Tony Long, Tony Warne, Lindsay Dugdill, Karen Holland and Deborah Baker Debbie Delargy and Wendy Moran Mike Garrity, Duncan Mitchell and Jill Wild Colleagues who filled gaps while we did all this

Martin Johnson Submission Leader UoA 11 Nursing and Midwifery